International PAG - Use of Molecular Markers for Plant Breeders Workshop


Saturday Afternoon, 10 January 2009 --- 1:30 pm - 3:40 pm

Use of Molecular Markers for Plant Breeders Workshop - Golden Ballroom

Organizers: Zhi-Kang Li, IRRI

(z.li@cgiar.org)

and

Qifa Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University
(qifazh@public.wh.hb.cn)
and

Jinguo Hu, USDA/ARS
(jinguo.hu@ars.usda.gov)

Speakers:

13:30-14:00
Zhikang Li, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China (z.li@cgiar.org)
"Epigenetic and Genetic Control of Salt Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)"

14:00-14:20
Sibin Yu, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070,China (ysb@mail.hzau.edu.cn)
"Genetic Effect of Japonica Segments in Indica Background "

14:20-14:40
Theodore Kisha, USDA-ARS, Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, 59 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 (theodore.kisha@ars.usda.gov)
"Genetic Diversity of the USDA Brachypodium Distachyon Collection Assessed by AFLP and TRAP Markers"

14:40-15:00
Jianli Chen, Univ. of Idaho, Aberdeen Research and Extension Center, 1691 S 2700 W, Aberdeen , ID 83210 (jchen@uidaho.edu)
"Genome-Wide Identification of the Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with End-Use Quality of Bread Wheat Grown under Drought Condition"

15:00-15:20
Mehmet Cakir, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia (M.Cakir@murdoch.edu.au)
"Development of molecular markers for pre-emptive breeding for resistance genes to Russian Wheat Aphid: an international collaboration "

15:20-15:40
Shuyu Liu, Dept. of Crop and Soil Environmental Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060 (lsy07@vt.edu)
"Marker Saturation of QTL for Scab Resistance in Native Sources and its Application in Marker-Assisted Breeding"

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